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PARMA

Most Famous People Born in Parma, Italy

Notable people
742
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1901
Most distinctive
Aristocrat 8.1×

Ducal residue everywhere: the Aristocrat bench is a Farnese and Bourbon-Parma court artefact, the Conductor cluster is anchored by Toscanini, and the Painter tradition runs from Parmigianino's Mannerism through Lanfranco's Baroque ceilings. The Composer line is the opera-house town doing what opera-house towns do.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Parma during each.

What Parma Is Known For

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Football is Parma's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (89).

Parma over-indexes on aristocrat8.1× the global rate.

Parma under-produces actor — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Football89
  2. Painter77
  3. Politician55
  4. Writer34
  5. Composer31
  6. Player29
  7. Priest23
  8. Actor20
  1. Aristocrat108.1×
  2. Conductor105.3×
  3. Painter774.0×
  4. Entrepreneur83.2×
  5. Composer313.2×
  6. Photographer92.5×
  7. Poet182.3×
  8. Physician122.3×
  1. Actor200.5×
  2. Politician550.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Parma's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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742 notable people

0601 PAINTER

Edoardo Raimondi

1837 - 1919

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0602 FOOTBALL

Mattia Ferrato

Born 1989

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0603 POLITICIAN

Carmen Motta

Born 1952

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0604 PHYSICIST

Mariano Morini

1732 - 1801

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0605 POET

Enea Hirpino

1495 - 1520

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0606 PRELATE

Giulio Dalla Rosa

1642 - 1699

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0607 MILITAR

Filippo Maria de' Rossi

1465 - 1529

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0608 CONDUCTOR

Arnaldo Conti

1855 - 1919

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0609 FOOTBALL

Giampiero Scaglia

Born 1963

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0610 TENENTE

Pier Maria I de' Rossi

1374 - 1438

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0611 JOURNALIST

Giuseppe Balestrazzi

1893 - 1983

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0612 MILITAR

Paolo Racagni

1888 - 1917

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0613 FOOTBALL

Maurizio Battistini (allenatore di calcio)

Born 1945

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0614 FRANCESCANO

Giovanni Genesio Quaglia

Died 1386

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0615 LAWYER

Augusto Cerino Canova

1942 - 1987

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0616 THEATRE

Gigi Dall'Aglio

1943 - 2020

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0617 SOLDIER

Michele Vitali Mazza

1895 - 1916

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0618 SINDACALISTA

Vittorio Picelli

1893 - 1979

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0619 MUSIC

Edgardo Egaddi

1925 - 2000

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0620 FOOTBALL

Carlo Azzali

1936 - 1992

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0621 MUSIC

Ippolito Nievo Albertelli

1901 - 1938

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0622 PLAYER

Federico Zani

Born 1989

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0623 MILITAR

Icilio Pelizza

1832 - 1861

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0624 JOURNALIST

Giuliano Molossi

Born 1954

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0625 CLIMB

Michele Caminati

Born 1985

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0626 ATTIVISTA

Enrico Griffith

1906 - 1930

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0627 SPORT

Ferdinando Bernini

1910 - 1992

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0628 FOOTBALL

Ermes Polli

1937 - 2020

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0629 RACER

Andrea Balestrieri

Born 1959

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0630 POLITICIAN

Aristo Isola

1850 - 1919

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0631 CHEMIST

Fausto Calderazzo

1930 - 2014

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0632 FASCISTA

Bruno Longhi (antifascista)

1909 - 1945

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0633 PRIEST

Gabriel de Sclafanatis

Died 1526

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0634 POLITICIAN

Antonio Lombardini

1794 - 1869

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0635 SCULPTOR

Agostino Ferrarini

1828 - 1898

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0636 PLAYER

Franco Bernini (rugbista)

Born 1953

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0637 FOOTBALL

Renato Martini

Born 1930

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0638 LIBRETTIST

Attilio Catelli

1845 - 1877

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0639 PRIEST

Martino da Parma

Died 1268

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0640 MISSING

Bosone II (conte)

Died 1085

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0641 PLAYER

Edoardo Ruffolo

Born 1991

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0642 ARTIGIANO

Bruno Pelizzi

1924 - 1944

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0643 SCULPTOR

Alessandro Marzaroli

1868 - 1951

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0644 MUSIC

Nicolò Burzio

1450 - 1528

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0645 MAN OF LETTERS

Andreina Chiari Branchi

Born 1942

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0646 PRIEST

Guidotto da Correggio

Died 1235

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0647 LAWYER

Gianpaolo Mora

1928 - 2016

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0648 BOTANIST

Pierina Scaramella

1906 - 1992

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0649 ARTIST

Lotario Vecchi

1888 - 1985

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0650 SINGER

Francesco Camattini

Born 1969

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0651 ARCHITECT

Edelberto dalla Nave

1681 - 1742

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0652 PILOTA

Stefano Manici

Born 1973

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0653 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Cappelluzzo

Born 1959

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0654 OPERA

Gabriela Adorni

1878 - 1967

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0655 BASKET

Barbara Gibertini

Born 1979

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0656 ENTREPRENEUR

Edgardo Bazzini

1867 - 1969

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0657 PHILOSOPHER

Antonio Pelacani

1275 - 1327

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0658 ARCHITECT

Giovanni Bettoli

1714 - 1781

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0659 POLITICIAN

Cesare Gherri

1929 - 2010

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0660 POLITICIAN

Pietro Torrigiani (senatore)

1814 - 1885

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0661 NOBLE

Guido Platoni

-

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0662 LAWYER

Aldo Cremonini

1923 - 2014

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0663 POLITICIAN

Umberto Montanari (politico)

1867 - 1932

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0664 FOOTBALL

Ugo Canforini

-

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0665 POLITICIAN

Marcello Costamezzana

1812 - 1874

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0666 FOOTBALL

Giulio Cavallari

Born 1992

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0667 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Mazzoni

1904 - 1960

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0668 POLITICIAN

Italo Stefanini

Born 1852

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0669 ARTISAN

Antonio Carra (anarchico)

1824 - 1895

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0670 FOOTBALL

Tito Mistrali

1902 - 1992

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0671 BASEBALL

Gilberto Gerali

Born 1961

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0672 PRIEST

Giovanni Gazza

1924 - 1998

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0673 FOOTBALL

Gino Giuberti

Born 1912

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0674 FOOTBALL

Aristide Griffith

1923 - 2007

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0675 FIGLIO

Niccolò Terzi

1406 - 1455

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0676 FOOTBALL

Enzo Bertoli

Born 1903

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0677 FOOTBALL

Gianni Molinari

Born 1933

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0678 PRIEST

Giacomo de' Rossi (vescovo)

1363 - 1418

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0679 PUBLISHER

Luigi Battei

1847 - 1917

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0680 FOOTBALL

Carlo Mezzi

Born 1938

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0681 ACTOR

Alberto Montacchini

1894 - 1956

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0682 FOOTBALL

Aldo Monardi

1932 - 2002

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0683 WRITER

Ildebrando Cocconi

1877 - 1943

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0684 GUERRILLA

Umberto Ilariuzzi

1908 - 1985

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0685 SCACCHI

Alberto Armeni

Born 1944

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0686 FOOTBALL

Carlo Pianzola

1911 - 2001

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0687 MILITAR

Giorgio Compiani

1915 - 1942

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0688 FOOTBALL

Aldo Silvagna

Born 1938

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0689 POLITICIAN

Alfonso Cavagnari

1831 - 1881

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0690 FOOTBALL

Sergio Verderi

1926 - 2015

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0691 FOOTBALL

Dino Fragni

Born 1924

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0692 COACH

Pietro Scarduzio

Born 1967

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0693 PLAYER

Gilberto Passani

Born 1961

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0694 MUSIC

Annibale Pizzarelli

1885 - 1973

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0695 SINGER

Nadia Liani

Born 1938

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0696 MISSING

Antonio Alpi

1784 - 1816

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0697 MILITAR

Guglielmo de' Rossi

1252 - 1339

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0698 ENTREPRENEUR

Tommaso Barbieri

1890 - 1944

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0699 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Isola (politico)

1881 - 1957

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0700 FOOTBALL

Bruno Cresci

Born 1909

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0701 ENTREPRENEUR

Nino Medioli

1899 - 1960

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0702 PHOTOGRAPHER

Edoardo Fornaciari

Born 1952

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0703 PAINTER

Alessandro Bernabei

1580 - 1630

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0704 FOOTBALL

Bruno Dentelli

1901 - 1960

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0705 LIUTAIO

Archimede Orlandini

1909 - 1998

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0706 PHYSICIAN

Emilio Casa

1819 - 1904

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0707 BROTHER

Berthold of Parma

Died 1111

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0708 FOOTBALL

Gianni Uccelli

1937 - 2009

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0709 PHOTOGRAPHER

Costantino Della Casa

1920 - 1970

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0710 MILITAR

Filippo Luigi Linati

1757 - 1837

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0711 POLITICIAN

Umberto Balestrazzi

1885 - 1970

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0712 POLITICIAN

Laura Cavandoli

Born 1971

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0713 PAINTER

Filippo Gabbi

1891 - 1944

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0714 LIUTAIO

Desiderio Quercetani

Born 1961

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0715 WRITER

Eugenio Visdomini

1540 - 1622

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0716 FOOTBALL

Elios Bonzagni

1922 - 2016

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0717 POLITICIAN

Maria Saponara

Born 1961

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0718 FOOTBALL

Emilio Giovannini

Born 1906

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0719 PAINTER

Aurelio Barili

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0720 MILITAR

Pier Brunoro Sanvitale

1402 - 1468

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0721 ASTRONOMER

Albino Carbognani

Born 1965

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0722 POLITICIAN

Maurizio Campari

Born 1974

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0723 POLITICIAN

Luigi Torrigiani (senatore)

1846 - 1925

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0724 FOOTBALL

Priamo Varazzani

1927 - 2005

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0725 FILM

Marco Mazzieri

Born 1959

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0726 PRINCE

Paula Orsini

1880 - 1930

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0727 ARCHITECT

Ottavio Bettoli

Died 1769

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0728 PAINTER

Fortunato Gatti

-

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0729 PAINTER

Grisopolo da Parma

-

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0730 PHYSICIAN

Ferdinando Ugolotti

1874 - 1969

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0731 CLARINET

Virginio Ferrari (clarinettista)

1833 - 1886

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0732 ESSAYIST

Luigi Maschi

1810 - 1890

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0733 MILITAR

Ferdinando Guerci

1924 - 1944

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0734 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Pavoni (calciatore)

Born 1904

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0735 POLITICIAN

Antonio Carra

1807 - 1877

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0736 ARCHITECT

Antonio Maria Bettoli

1733 - 1777

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0737 PALLANUOTISTA

Massimo Staderoli

Born 1959

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0738 JOURNALIST

Pellegrino Molossi

1844 - 1912

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0739 POLITICIAN

Decimo Martelli

1918 - 1993

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0740 SCULPTOR

Angelo Rasori

1702 - 1783

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0741 FOOTBALL

Filippo Serena

Born 1999

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0742 POLITICIAN

Comingio Valdrè

Born 1903

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